So it's a few days late... but we do pray that you and your family have a blessed and wonderful 2008!!! The first few days have been a bit trying for us with some family issues, but in all things God works together for His good!! I do feel that this year is going to be filled with wonderful adventures and blessings and I am so excited to see what God has in store for us in 2008!!
The new school schedule trial run week is almost over and I can see some places that we need to tweek a bit, but overall I would have to say it has been a success. I will post our changes to the schedule over the weekend as I get to sit down and really revamp it a bit.
I am also almost ready to debut our new "Family Blessings Notebook" just in time for the new year. It is already such a blessing for us and I hope that you can gain something from it as well. I will hopefully begin the postings early next week.
December 26, 2007 - blessings for a sweet holiday...
I hope all have had a wonderfully blessed Christmas holiday. Our was packed full of family, fun, food, friends and great memory moments. I will share pictures and stories over the next few days, but for now I wanted to send warm wishes for a blessed holiday to all my sweet friends.
I had a conversation with a friend yesterday who is a single mom of two girls. She works 50-65 hours a week at a job that she does not enjoy, trying desperately to provide for her family. She shared something with me that has been reverberating in my mind since we parted. Her greatest desire in the world - is to be able to be a stay-at-home mommy for her little girls....not that that is a wild and crazy idea, it was more of a wake-up call for me...
How blessed am I that I am able to wake every morning to a day full of cleaning, cooking, cleaning, laundry, trips to the potty, cleaning, dealing with grumpy children, cleaning, schoolwork, cleaning... and the list goes on and on. I have thought about her words all day as I have meandered through my "daily lists" of things that I HAVE to do... only with a greatfulness in my heart that wasn't there yesterday. Don't get me wrong, I am and always have been greatful for the opportunity to stay home with my dear little ones, but sometimes, in the course of the the day, when there are so many tears, so many arguments, so many dirty dishes and clothes and toys and..... I forget that I am so blessed to be able to be home loving my children all day.... and somehow the tears and the dishes and the rest of the mess seem so much less overwhelming when I realize how much of a blessing it all really is...
And to those women who are not able to be "stay-at-home" mommys... the ones who are working all day and still coming home to the dishes and laundry and homework and tears and messes... to you I say I am humbled by your love and dedication to your children and your families... and thank you for reminding me to never take my blessings for granted...
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